Career Objective

Your Career Objective is the perfect place to show the employer, in one or two sentences, how your interests and skills match his/her job. Employers use this section to see how your goals mesh with their needs.

Include: Job Title, Reference to your skills or experience, the main benefits to the employer

Make it the first statement in your Resume, no matter which type of resume you use. It should be no more than one or two sentences long

Use this section to let a bit of your personality shine through, and show the employer what you can do

Target the career objective specifically to the job and employer you are contacting

Examples

Web Designer: to use my graphic arts and marketing skills to create user friendly web sites that encourages new customers for the business. To use my teaching and organizational skills to develop educational Web sites.

Retail Hardware Clerk: To apply my knowledge of construction and interpersonal skills as part of giving excellent customer service for building supplies company.

Park Guide: To obtain a position in a national park and help Canadians appreciate our country's beauty and resources. My long term goal is to work in park or environmental management.